Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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46 Walton Street
134 King's Road
517 King's Road
323 Fulham Road
REGISTER OF FACTORIES
The Factories Act, 1961, requires the Council to keep a list of all factories
within the borough with respect to which the duty of enforcing the provisions of the Factories
Act is imposed upon them.
The following table gives a summary of the factories on the Council's register at the end of the year, indicating the types of business carried on, whether or not mechanical power is used, and where situated - i.e., North Kensington, South Kensington or Chelsea.
Factory - Business | North Kensington | South Kensington | Chelsea | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mech. | N-M. | Mech. | N-M. | Mech. | N-M. | |
Antique Restorers | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | |
Bakers and Confectioners | 6 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 12 | - |
Belt and Button Manufacturers | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Boat and Marine Repairs and Construction | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
Bottling Stores | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
Builders and Decorators | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | - |
Building Construction | 9 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
Carton Making and Salvage | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Coffee Grinding and Roasting | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
Cosmetics and Toilet Preparations | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Dental Mechanics | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
Disinfectants | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Display Works and Signwriting | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
Doll and Toy Manufacturers | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Dressmaking | 11 | - | 19 | 7 | 22 | 8 |
Drug Manufacturers | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Dyers and Cleaners | 11 | 1 | 9 | - | 7 | 1 |
Electro Platers | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Engineering (Electro) | 10 | - | 6 | 3 | 11 | - |
Engineering (Mech.) | 21 | - | 7 | - | 1 | - |
Electrical Generating Stations | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Film Editing and Slide Making | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Furriers | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 4 | - |
Gas Works | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Glass Cutting and Polishing | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Handbags and Shopping Bags | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Ice Cube and Cream Manufacturers | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jewellers and Watchmakers | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - |
Lamp Shade Manufacturers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |